Evening Star Newspaper, January 12, 1924, Page 5

WIFE OF PHYSICIAN, WHO SLEW HIM, DIES DMrs. Louisa Davis China Victim of Pneumonia in’ Sumter, §. C., \Holyiul. CLOSES = SENSATIONAL CASE Doctor-Banker Was Found Monday, 24 Hours After Slaying. By the Associated Press, MTER, S. C., January 12.—Death from natural causes vesterday stuged & grim finale to the domestic tragedy ushered in here five days ago Wwith geath by violence. Mrs. Louisa Davis China, middle- Rged society leader, died of pneu- ¥ronia in the local hospital to which €ho was taken Monday, following the tiiscovery of the body of her husband, Pr. Archie China, wealthy physician #ud banker, in his bathroom with two Vullet wounds in the head, which she was charged by a coroner's jury with dnflicting. Tt was Mrs. China's apparent col- at led to the finding of nearly after he had heen s testmony at the inqu r-old adopted daughter of | , who rushed next door to call ‘4 nurse. The ter found the body of Dr. China hen she went to 1he bathroom to get a towel to be used in an effort to revive the ap- Parently unconsclous woman. The theory of suicide was advanced when it was seen that the banker- physician had been shot to death, but 1t was quickly abandoned when no weapon could be found in the bath- i rooms. Several urs later, the pistol with wh . "according to w confession sald she made to him Monday night, declared husband lisd been shot when she grappled with him over the weapon, found in 8 neighbor's woodshed. Mrs. China, 1he physician declared. admitted hav- ng hidden the wcapon there, Vlans had been made by Soli A a broth s G on r. i, at the February court in Sumter county KRESGE DIVORCED term ON CRUELTY GHARGE Wife Wins Suit Against National- ly Knows Prohibition Advocate. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, January acts of cruelty against XKresge, wealthy owner of a chain of popular-price stores and nationally known prohibition advocate, Mrs, Anna 15 Kresge was granted a di- vorce and custody of their two minor children by Judge Adolph F. Marsch- ner in circult court here. A property settlement, understood to be “entirely factory” and under which she was given sole possession of the pa- | Jatial Kresge residence here, was made out of court, Mrs. Kresge's at- torneys announced Charges Made by Wife. Mrs, Kresge in_her bill of complaint said her husband sullen and mo- rose and went days without speaking to her. He took no interest in the weltare of their five children, she al- Jeged. The Kresges were married In Memphis, Tenn. December 19, 1887, and separated in December, 1 In her bill of complaint Mrs. Kresge asserted she helped her husband build Up his chain of stores, working as a cashier in one of the first ten-cent stores he opened in Memphis. Snit Filed ) Year Ago. The sult for d » was filed near- 1y a vear ago and at no time did Kresge enter a tegal defense against his wife's allegations. When the case was called attogneys for Kresge were absent. Mrs. Kresge took the witness stand, and, in a voice barely audible except to the judge and her counsel, repeated the charge B tained in her bill of complaint ter, Mrs. Harriet Porter of corroborated the testimony. tire proceedings took less tl an hour. FIND BODY OF SPERRY, U. S. FLYER, IN ENGLAND | Washed Ashore Near Rye, Sussex.‘: Followirg Disaster De- comber 13. ! R the Associated Press, {he thoug | the fishermen’ Farmers Eat 16-Cent- Per-Plate Dinner for * Which Cafes Get $1.55 By the Associated Press, IMBLER, Ore., January 12.—One hundred and fifty farmers last night sat down to a banquet at a meeting here and the meal cost them just 16 cents each. Nearly everything on the tables was the product of the farm, and the cost a plate was com- puted at the price the farmer was pald for the products, plus the labor cost of preparing the food. The same menu then was com- puted at Portland restaurant prices o $1.55 u plate—a 1.39 a plate between the Portland re- falr was intended an object lesson in the ence between prices to d the retall prices. PASTOR TO CONTINUE DEFIANCE OF BISHOP Episcopal Minister Retires to Se- clusion to Prepare Important | Sunday Sermon. | St. Mark's-in-the-Bouwerie Stand by Dr. Guthrie. | NEW YORK, Ja { ing yesterday to Naw Jersey to prepare Sunday’s ser- mon, a statement upon which it is belleved he will.stand or full as a clergyman of the Protestant - { copal Church, the Rey, Dr. William Norman G rector of St deter- ntinue ved by hrie ouwerie, is sod, to disapy . of withdraw al Church; at the_ confe W the highop next Monday per- Dr. Guthrie at- pulpit utterances next i velf against misquotati his words recorded b d The rector meanwhile is his future church clude i arranging ram to in- and Buddhist co honor of the is scheduled for the nuncfation in March p ahla s April I } following month a service based on Indian rites at corn-planting time. Close on these will by Buddhist service celebrating the time of the I moon. None of the Mark's would di today. It was u that the chu from the di pay diocesa lutely le vestrymen of neglectin, without _abso- seopal fold. WILL PAY FOR WOUNDS. Allied Officials to Seize German Funds for Smeets. LDORF, January high commission has de- from the German pub- 00 gold marks with which to remunerate Joseph Smeets the sep: U leader, who was wounded known assailant ording to Ger- man newspapers. The newspapers the dec the commission to seize the funds is ue to the reich having refused to carry out the commission's order to pay over the money. MUNITIONS POISON FISH. Complaint Follows Dumping of Un used Stores in England. SOUTHAMPTON, January 12 ermen in the English chann tribute their recent poor result mping in the ne, which hav B g ting of t fisheries committee, said L there was content tapt at a m southern n and that munition ¢ now break- 1& up. develop- By 12.—The | ion of | something in | BRIDE J0 SELL PAPERS;: HUSBAND' FACES JAIL Girl, Nineteen, Promises to Wait Beturn of Youth Charged With Robbery in Ohio. By the Associated Press. NEW ORLEANS, January 12.—Don- ald McLauren, twenty years old, to- day was on his way to Dayton, Ohlo, where he was said by police to be wanted for robbing a grocery store | there November 30. was arrested | here Wednesday. | ‘Lauren's nineteen-year-old wife companied him to the rallroad sta- tion, kissed him good-bye and prom- ised to wait for him here as he boarded a train in charge of a Dayton detective. - When usked what she was going to do, she replied: I'm going to sell papers— v I'll make good. When will be convicted, ousekeeping again. 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Girly' Section, Fourth floor. LONDON, January 12.—The body found lying on the shore near Rye,| Sussex, Is that of Lawrence B. Sper The American aviator who has been snissing since December 13, wtated last night by P. R. Jackson, T.ondon manager for the Sperry Com- pany, upon his return from Rye. BODY IN MORGUE 17 DAYS. | Brother Arranges for Burial of ||| | Once Noted Beauty. YORK. Januvary 12.—After |[| r seventeen duys u White Slippers to Accompany Graduation Frocks White Kid Strapped Pump, cut Wing - tip Buckskin out on the side. Sizes 1175 to 2, Pump, very smart. $5; 274 to 6, $7.50. _ 102,875 2} to 6, $8. Young People’s Shoe Section, Fourth floor. Deep “namel Suit Cases, $16.50 to $37.50 Will carry many treasured pieces of the south- ern wardrobe ; trimmed in tan or black leather; with tray. 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